The mayor of Vicenza is an elected politician who, along with the Vicenza's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Vicenza in Veneto, Italy.

The current mayor is Giacomo Possamai, a member of the Democratic Party, who took office on 30 May 2023.

Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Vicenza is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Vicenza, who also elects the members of the city council, controlling the mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a motion of no confidence. The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government.

Since 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Vicenza's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 the voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946–1995) From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Vicenza was elected by the City's Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Luigi Faccio19461948PSI 2Giuseppe Zampieri19481958DC 3Antonio Dal Sasso19581962DC 4Giorgio Sala19621975DC 5Giovanni Chiesa19751981DC 6Antonio Corazzin19811990DC 7Achille Variati19901995DC

Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Vicenza is chosen by direct election, originally every four and since 1998 every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election 8 Marino Quaresmin8 May 199525 June 1998PPI PDSPPIFdVPdD1995Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (25 June 1998 – 14 December 1998) Enrico Hüllweck14 December 199810 June 2003FI FIANCCD1998 10 June 2003 13 February 2008 FIANUDC2003Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 February 2008 – 29 April 2008) Achille Variati29 April 200827 May 2013PD PD2008 27 May 2013 13 June 2018 PD2013 10 Francesco Rucco13 June 201830 May 2023Ind LegaFI2018 Giacomo Possamai30 May 2023IncumbentPD PDAVS2023 Notes

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